The official blog of the Utah Valley-based progressive rock band Formerly So. Be in the loop with all of the happenings within the band, whether it's upcoming shows, events, or just random stories.

Friday, September 10, 2010

New Album, New Shows, & New Songs

If you haven't yet heard the news, our debut, full-length album "Disappointment is Control" is now available to the public. We received our boxes full of CDs in the mail a few weeks ago, and they look GREAT!! It is so amazing to see our work come together so nicely. Adam Boyd did an amazing job on the artwork and overall design of the album, and Ultra Entertainment did a fabulous job at making the album look professional. We took the extra measures to make this CD much more than a local demo record, but had our discs professionally replicated and serially numbered, obtained an album-specific barcode, and even went to such lengths as to individually copyright each song and form our band into an official, legally recognized business: Formerly So LLC.

Our album is currently only available for purchase through the band members and from our merch table at the shows we have, the current price being seven dollars. However, within the next week it will be hitting local retailers such as Graywhale and the Muse Music Café, and will be submitted to many online distributors such as iTunes, Amazon MP3, Napster, Rhapsody, and more. The album will soon also be available for online physical album purchases via CDBaby.com.

We have been hitting the local show scene harder now that our album is being released. We just played a show at the new all-ages venue in Pleasant Grove known as the The Grove Theater, playing along some talented local bands including Autumn Eclipse and Just For The Record. We will be returning to the venue sometime in October to play an all-ages halloween costume party show with Autumn Eclipse for the official grand opening of the venue.

We also have our official 21+ CD Release Show scheduled for October 1st at 10pm at Liquid Joe's in South Salt Lake City. It will be a great show where we will be unveiling some of our brand new originals that have been written. With the welcoming of Tim Webster into the band as our new rhythm guitarist, we have been able to write some really amazing new songs that we are very proud of, that take our style of music up a level. Some of these songs include Your Deliverance, Not Enough, and She's Oh So Perfect.

We are very excited for our upcoming shows and the chance to welcome our music into the public with our new album. If you are interested in purchasing an album, please email us at formerlysoband@gmail.com or comment on our Myspace or Facebook pages.